To: Prodigal Son
So, first we let little girls into the ranks of front line troops, calling them "non-combatants", now we call them "combatants".
This was predicted years ago when the issue was first raised. First, call then "non-combatants" then switch the title. Social experiment concluded: Women are now in combat.
4 posted on
09/07/2003 10:50:45 AM PDT by
PatrioticAmerican
(Helping Mexicans invade America is TREASON!)
To: PatrioticAmerican
This was predicted years ago when the issue was first raised. First, call then "non-combatants" then switch the title. Social experiment concluded: Women are now in combat.Actually, the point is with Maneuver Warfare, supply units and other rear-eschelon types will find themselves on the front a lot more, and they will need to be able to defend themselves. What this means is that our army will continue employing the strategy and tactics of Maneuver Warfare (which is probably a good thing, given how successful it's been in recent and ancient history). We can't have supply units being ambushed and taken hostage because their M16s jammed because they didn't clean them often enough.
25 posted on
09/07/2003 1:53:40 PM PDT by
xm177e2
(Stalinists, Maoists, Ba'athists, Pacifists: Why are they always on the same side?)
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